Quotes by Sri M

“When Patanjali in the yoga sutras defines yoga, he defines it as yogas chitta vritti nirodha. This means, yoga is the stopping or the stilling of the vrittis of the chitta. Chitta means mind stuff ...”

“All these activities like blood circulation and so on are not under our control, breathing too. We don’t say, ‘Breathe!’ And therefore the lungs breathe. It goes on by itself. But we can also volun...”

“When the sleeping energy – the great Kundalini is awakened by resorting to proper means, guided by a proper teacher, it awakens and begins to move up the Sushumna channel, touching six centers as i...”

“In the Gita, the chapter after Arjuna Vishada Yoga is Sankhya Yoga, the Yoga of knowledge. So, seeing that Arjuna is in sorrow, and observing the miserable state he has gone into, Krishna explains ...”

“You see, it is very simple. When we are little infants, we are helpless.. Even if we have to go to the other room – somebody has to lift us and put us there. We can’t even go to the toilet. Somebod...”

“If you can put your mind into an idea which you want to achieve, with complete visualization as if it is actually there, not as you want it, but as if it is actually there; if you can do this const...”

“If you have faith in an infinite supreme being, put all your heart into what you want to do or achieve. Pray hard, that is very simple, anybody can do it but pray with great feeling. The emotions a...”

“Moving up and down the spine is Mukhya Prana, the Supreme energy. In yogic terms, it is the movement of the aspiration, thought, concentration and energy towards (either) the higher side or the low...”

“Matter which is non-living, inanimate matter and the anima – the life which animates it – Prana has produced all that you see on Earth! The sun indeed is life. Why? Because it is the sun that cause...”

“The Northern (upward) movement of the Prana is when it finally goes through the seven wheels or the seven psychic centres along the sushumna nadi until it reaches the highest heaven in the Sahasraa...”

“The word ‘Upanishad’ is that which is learnt sitting close to the teacher with complete humility to understand the ultimate supreme truth. So the Gita itself is said to be an Upanishad. What is the...”

“The first thing that happens as one advances in sadhana is that one develops compassion in the heart. Therefore, some people (who) do not even believe in God, there are such people... but they feel...”

“Amrita need not necessarily mean nectar which you drink. It need not mean something that excites the taste buds. Amrita comes from the word ‘a – mrita’ which means immortal or deathless. Amrita – t...”

“The secret of visualization – creative thought – is to actually believe and visualize picture details, what one wants, to be as if one is already there. When this is done, the subconscious mind car...”

“Can our ‘sundowner’ be the name of God? Can we have that special whisky that is not available even in Scotland? Can we listen to that music which moves our hearts and opens the doors to extra senso...”